Improvement in washing-boards



F. TAYLOR & BAKER, Jr.

' WASHING-BOARD.

No. 193,570. Patented July 24,1877.

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* UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

FRANKLIN TAYLOR AND HENRY F. BAKER, J R., OF GENTREVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 93,670, dated July 24,1877; application filed May 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANKLIN TAYLOR and HENRY F. BAKE R, J r., of Oentreville, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Board; and we do hereby of a plan view of our wash-board, and Fig. 2

is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same.

Our invention relates to wash-boards and it consists in a wash-board having its washing-surface formed of a series of spiral springs, and in the combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate our invention.

A A represent the side pieces of our washboard, connected by the cross-bars B, B and B and provided with the back 0, the space between the two top crossbars B and B forming the usual soap-box. In the back or under edge of the cross-bar B is a cut-out, a, for the passage of any water that might get into the soap-box. In the lower end of the back 0 are perforations b b for the escape of water. On; the back 0, between the cross bars B and B is laid a series of spiral springs, D, which form the washing-surface of the washboard, as shown. These springs are, preferably, arranged longitudinally in the washboard, and their ends fastened in the crossbars B B; but it is, of course, evident that they might be arranged transversely, and their ends fastened in the side pieces A A, though this latter method would not answeras well.

The washing-surface being formed of spiral springs makes said surface yielding, while at the same time it presents sufficiently-rigid ridges or protuberances for rubbing the clothes. The springs also allow the water to pass through freely, and, being round, they present no sharp corners or sharp-cornered ridges, on which the clothes might become torn.

This wash-board is easily made, and its cost will scarcely be any above the ordinary washboard.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wash-board having its washing-surface composed of a series of spiral springs, substantially as set forth.

2. A series of spiral springs, arranged in a frame, and resting on a solid backing, to form a wash-board, as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the side pieces with the cross-bars, the back, the spiral springs, and the water-escapes, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN i TAYLOR. n s.]

mark.

HENRY F. BAKER, JR. n 8.]

Witnesses:

JOHN E. PUG-H, DAVID GENTRY. 

